Peter Travers,Rolling Stone: " Freeman seems born to play Mandela, and he never delivers a false note." Eastwood "shames the usual Hollywood showboating" and makes a "film that truly is good for the soul. "

Peter Howell,Toronto Star: "As always, Eastwood brings solid craftsmanship to the proceedings, with direction that allows the actors to breathe while remaining alert to small details that speak of greater wisdom."

Kimberly Gadette,IndieMoviesOnline: "Did someone abduct Clint Eastwood? Considering the frequent hugs and grins of the disparate countrymen, Invictus is less of a film than a salute to the renowned 1970s Coke commercial ('I'd like to teach the world to sing')."

Ann Hornaday,Washington Post: "Freeman doesn't play Mandela as much as inhabit the man." Eastwood wisely gets out of the way of the story, and, as usual, Matt Damon is "spot-on and almost breathtakingly self-effacing."

Out of the night that covers me/ black as the pit from pole to pole/ I thank whatever gods may be/ for my unconquerable soul// In the fell clutch of circumstance/ I have not winced nor cried aloud/ under the bludgeonings of chance/ My head is bloodied but unbowed. // Beyond this place of wrath and tears/ looms but the horror of the shade/ and yet the menace of the years/finds and shall find me unafraid.// It matters not how straight the gate/ How charged with punishment the scroll/ I am the master of my fate/ I am the captain of my soul.

carpenocturne

Dec 12, 2009 2:15 AM CST

Finally the critics give a movie positive reviews!

DarkFrancis

Dec 11, 2009 9:30 AM CST

Why would anyone associate an actor with the person they are portraying, outside of the work itself?